Stop talking trash about Glenn Miller or I'll run a String of Pearls through your nose. Now Take the A Train outta here or I'll sing you a Moonlight Serenade, and you don't want that.
Precisely. In fact, when a non-governmental entity does a search and seizure there is already another term to describe it: Breaking and entering.
The RIAA has become nothing more than a deputized arm of the government somehow. And don't go miscontruing this as a defense of music file sharing (or stealing or whatever you want to call it), it's just that what's happening as a reaction to it is a tad scary and draconian.
Yes, this is how I interpreted it also. But does anyone else find that just creepy? When a person is arrested, privately charged and punished without the public ever knowing why that person was arrested our justice system starts to look more like the Spanish Inquisition. Their main weapon is fear and surprise. No! Their two main weapons are fear, surprise and a....
I'm not sure who's attacking us that we have funded. An overwhelming majority of our foreign aid goes to Israel and Saudi Arabia. But let me make a correction on that last point--it's really Saudi royalty that gets the aid. Obviously it's not the Saudi royal family that attacked on 9/11, but the mass of people who are frustrated and poor and oppressed. And sociopathic. But sociopathy runs rampant in the U.S. as well so we can divide by that and take it out of the equation. The rest of the aid that the U.S. gives--once you subtract Israel and Saudi Arabia--must be the international equivalent of handing out change to a beggar.
Yes, nothing is easy but when I see the U.S. doing things (torture, murder) that they castigate other countries for doing I'm not inspired to just go along simply because it's my country. One should clean one's own house first before criticizing a neighbor.
But all in all, a nice exchange with you. Let's leave flaming to...the flamers.
Yes, the USA is a pretty good place, but that doesn't mean that is doesn't deserve to have a few eggs thrown at it as well. It also doesn't mean that some of those REAL problems in the world are not the fault of the USA. Much of the terrorism that exists could be eliminated if the U.S. simply stopped participating in it. Of course, the problem is in perception since when we fund terrorists they're called "freedom fighters" but when we're attacked we call them "terrorists."
And it's not a bad thing to be a liberal.:-) It's probably a good thing that conservatives and liberals are constantly fighting it out, lest we slide too far either way. Balance.
I don't claim to understand it all either, but look at something like this:
...the oil industry received as much as $400 million to supply reformulated gasoline in California, courtesy of a special state tax credit instituted by Gov. Wilson. This is in addition to millions of dollars in California tax subsidies the oil industry collects for modernizing and expanding their refineries.
It came from this article. The realities of our so-called free market are probably way more complicated and hypocritical than anyone could possibly guess. I'm sure there is someone here who can explain it away, however.
Could you clarify what you mean when you say you have no industry experience? If you've been programming for 16 years, just what kind of experience is that? Is this experience gained during school or self teaching?
Also, it's stories like this that are depressing. After spending too much of my life in commercial photography I decided I wanted to challenge myself and get a degree in something I really enjoyed so I'm going back to school again in comp sci, but the future in it sure looks dim. Tack on the fact that I'm not very geographically mobile due to my wife having decent work where we are and it looks even worse.
I presume you don't count yourself among the morons. In fact, just like everybody else around here who complains about "stupid people" you must be a genius. In all aspects of life at that. Sheesh, who hasn't been stupid or ignorant about something at some point each week of our lives? Besides, you ought to be thankful there are so many stupid people about, otherwise you wouldn't look so good.
This really isn't meant as a flame, it's just that the holier than thou attitude and the everybody-else-is-stupid-but-I'm-not mindset ticks me off.
I'm not sure where you're getting that info. Coffee has about three times as much caffeine as tea according to this comparison. Note that two shots of espresso (2 oz.) has less caffeine than one cup of brewed java. Interesting, no?
If the company merely wanted to restrict the use of unauthorized copies of its software it would cause the software to not work. In this case, however, it doesn't sound like the goal is getting people to stop illegally using the software but more like a revenue generating idea since they are waiting for the transgression to take place and then releasing the lawyers.
Correct me if I'm wrong (heh, like I need to say that), but doesn't this seem like leaving something valuable sitting on a park bench and then hiding behind a tree to bust the first person that picks it up?
It all seems a little disingenuous to me. The purported reason is to prevent piracy, but in fact I'm betting it's part of their business model.
No, don't you see? They're just planning this right now. Yes, they will need to get some people to Mars to take advantage of this so they also have a plan to build three giant spaceships to colonize the new planet. One will contain people that actually do work--builders, factory workers and the like--one will contain the thinkers and planners and one will contain all those vital middle level people, such as hairdressers and efficiency consultants. And guess which ship will blast off first?
Since you've done work for someone else--that they should be willing to pay for--I would argue that you should be compensated.
He may have done the work but no one was suggesting that he do so. What he has done is called 'on spec' and when you do something like that you take a chance that you may not get paid anything for it. Of course, you don't have to hand over the work, either.
Still, this 'on spec' work has the same feeling to me that I would get if someone came up to me and said, "hey, I know a way to get into your house and I have a way of fixing it that you might be interested in." It's a more than a little threatening sounding even if your intentions are good. Speaking of which, if your intentions really ARE that good just follow any of a number of anonymous and unthreatening ways to handle this that have so generously been put forth in other posts.
...insurance companies are private organizations you can choose to do or not to do business with.
I think you have this backwards. It's the insurance companies that choose or choose not to do business with you. If you've ever tried to get health insurance when you have a "pre-existing" condition or auto insurance when you've have had a ticket on your driving record you'll know what I'm talking about.
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Well, nobody is guaranteeing profits per se, just the rights to the work.
Doh! I hate it when I do that. Thanks for the correction.
Stop talking trash about Glenn Miller or I'll run a String of Pearls through your nose. Now Take the A Train outta here or I'll sing you a Moonlight Serenade, and you don't want that.
Yes, but what people are forgetting is that this was really just his half life....
The RIAA has become nothing more than a deputized arm of the government somehow. And don't go miscontruing this as a defense of music file sharing (or stealing or whatever you want to call it), it's just that what's happening as a reaction to it is a tad scary and draconian.
Yes, this is how I interpreted it also. But does anyone else find that just creepy? When a person is arrested, privately charged and punished without the public ever knowing why that person was arrested our justice system starts to look more like the Spanish Inquisition. Their main weapon is fear and surprise. No! Their two main weapons are fear, surprise and a....
Yes, nothing is easy but when I see the U.S. doing things (torture, murder) that they castigate other countries for doing I'm not inspired to just go along simply because it's my country. One should clean one's own house first before criticizing a neighbor.
But all in all, a nice exchange with you. Let's leave flaming to...the flamers.
And it's not a bad thing to be a liberal. :-) It's probably a good thing that conservatives and liberals are constantly fighting it out, lest we slide too far either way. Balance.
Well then, why don't you tell me how you did it. I'll bet you're just as lazy as I am....
That's certainly interesting and impressive, but what I'm missing in all this is why do I have to pay 28% while they're paying effectively 11%?
Also, it's stories like this that are depressing. After spending too much of my life in commercial photography I decided I wanted to challenge myself and get a degree in something I really enjoyed so I'm going back to school again in comp sci, but the future in it sure looks dim. Tack on the fact that I'm not very geographically mobile due to my wife having decent work where we are and it looks even worse.
This really isn't meant as a flame, it's just that the holier than thou attitude and the everybody-else-is-stupid-but-I'm-not mindset ticks me off.
Sorry for being OT.
Why stop there? Why not weed out the month and the stupid? Or the year and the stupid?
I'm not sure where you're getting that info. Coffee has about three times as much caffeine as tea according to this comparison. Note that two shots of espresso (2 oz.) has less caffeine than one cup of brewed java. Interesting, no?
Correct me if I'm wrong (heh, like I need to say that), but doesn't this seem like leaving something valuable sitting on a park bench and then hiding behind a tree to bust the first person that picks it up?
It all seems a little disingenuous to me. The purported reason is to prevent piracy, but in fact I'm betting it's part of their business model.
Oh, perhaps you were joking....
No, don't you see? They're just planning this right now. Yes, they will need to get some people to Mars to take advantage of this so they also have a plan to build three giant spaceships to colonize the new planet. One will contain people that actually do work--builders, factory workers and the like--one will contain the thinkers and planners and one will contain all those vital middle level people, such as hairdressers and efficiency consultants. And guess which ship will blast off first?
If they do they need to make sure they put that sticker on it that says "objects in mirror are larger than they appear."
He may have done the work but no one was suggesting that he do so. What he has done is called 'on spec' and when you do something like that you take a chance that you may not get paid anything for it. Of course, you don't have to hand over the work, either.
Still, this 'on spec' work has the same feeling to me that I would get if someone came up to me and said, "hey, I know a way to get into your house and I have a way of fixing it that you might be interested in." It's a more than a little threatening sounding even if your intentions are good. Speaking of which, if your intentions really ARE that good just follow any of a number of anonymous and unthreatening ways to handle this that have so generously been put forth in other posts.
Do you think I can still cash the check?
The same way you get Armani Exchange out of A|X
I think you have this backwards. It's the insurance companies that choose or choose not to do business with you. If you've ever tried to get health insurance when you have a "pre-existing" condition or auto insurance when you've have had a ticket on your driving record you'll know what I'm talking about.
That's true. The check has to clear first.